Society

National telecommunications operator, Globacom, has congratulated the Federal Government and Nigerians on the country’s 55th independence anniversary. In a statement yesterday in Lagos, the company noted that there was so much to celebrate as Nigeria […]

The personality is no less than Chief Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez aged 79. His gargantuan virtues cannot be sufficiently described in this political blog specialising on political events in Lagos. For this reason, I am introducing […]

Many were shocked to the marrows when news filtered last Monday that former Secretary to the Federal Government SGF and elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae had been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded his […]

The palace of the Ooni of Ife which had always been busy round the clock is now bereft of life and activities.  The signs are there for all to see.  The evidence showing that the […]

The Lafogido Ruling House has described the recognition of the Giesi Royal Family House as the ruling house to produce the next Ooni of Ife, by Osun State Government and Ife kingmakers,  as unfair. Insisting […]

This is the season of weddings. The cards come thick and fast. It is not unusual to have three to five wedding invitations on a busy Saturday. After all, we live in a society where […]

A Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Maiduguri, Prof Tijani al-Miskin, and a female Nigerian veteran journalist, Bilkisu Yusuf, were among the 717 pilgrims who died in the Hajj stampede in […]

On Thursday, October 2, 2014, I was in the ancient town of Ile-Ife to attend the wake keep of Olori Beatrice Omosigho Adedapo Aderemi, the wife of late Prince Adedapo Morounfolu Aderemi, the first son […]

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. The commission Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, who spoke at a pre-Arafat stakeholders’ meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, […]

Not many Nigerians know Professor Theo Vincent. If I did not thrill to the bounty of the written word, I probably would not know him or care. When I first met him, I actually did […]

One of the candidates in the race for the Ooni stool, Prince Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has described the lawsuit filed to stop the selection process which has been narrowed down to Giesi Ruling House as a […]

Olu of Warri: Regent to rule for three months • Parties, ceremonies suspended in Warri till December • Confusion over who will crown next Olu A regent is to oversee the affairs of Warri Kingdom […]

Oba Solomon Ilesanmi Ajibade is the Owa Odo Ayedun in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. In this interview with Yaqoub Popoola,DAILY INDEPENDENT. the monarch revealed how he used the Holy Bible to defeat Ifa […]

As the battle for the stool of the Ooni of Ile-Ife hots up, an aspirant from Giesi Ruling House of the Lajodogun Dynasty, Prince Sikiru Ayedun, promised that his achievements would surpass that of the […]

The Lafogido ruling house of Ile-Ife has explained why it is seeking legal redress against the decision of the Osun State government and the Ife kingmakers to limit the contest for the Ooni to the […]

The five wives (oloris) of the departed Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, would mourn for one year as a mark of respect for the monarch who passed away on July 28, 2015, a family […]

I have lately begun to worry about the inability of my children to speak Yoruba, the only language that I speak apart from English. Someone said to me that it is not such a deal, […]

Following the formal announcement by the kingmakers in Ile-Ife requesting nomination of candidates from the Giesi Ruling House for the selection of the new Ooni of Ife, an Osogbo high court yesterday granted the Lafogido […]

Toyin, wife of Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr Steve Nwosu who was abducted a few days ago has been released. Vanguard gathered that she returned to her Okota residence, Thursday morning. It was […]

  Fight broke out yesterday between traders at the popular Alaba International market, along Lagos/Badagry Expressway and motor park touts, popularly called agbero, during which several persons were injured. This is just as a three […]